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Tests are a necessary part of the education of the vast majority of students; removing them will worsen their learning, not improve it.
English Archive
Pity the Children: The Fight over the Temple Mount Crosses a Line
A Muslim mob heckles a group of Jews ascending the Temple Mount, as the struggle to affirm or deny the Jewish Right to visit the holy site escalates.
The Persistent Survival of Anti-Semitism
Anti-semitism didn't die in Auschwitz; it just changed forms.
Packs, not Herds: The Great Exodus of WWI
In WWI, over half a million Jews were sent into exile, not by a Pharoah, but by paranoid Russian generals.
Set My People Free! (From Government Regulation)
The Israeli desire for economic freedom and prosperity is being driven underground by its own government.
Will My People Come? On a Possible New Wave of Aliyah
Jews from both East and West are coming to Israel in growing numbers, increasing the possibility of a new wave of Aliyah.
The Italian Connection (to illegal Bedouin settlements)
Far-left NGOs and even foreign governments are helping the Palestinians to build illegal and dangerously placed settlements in Israeli territory.
Movie Review: The J Street Challenge
A new documentary sheds light on an organization that wants to help Israel, whether it wants it or not.
Elazar Stern’s Jewish Conversion Bill: Bad for the State, Bad for Religion, Bad at Math
MK Elazar Stern's solution to the Israeli conversion crisis creates more problems than it solves.
Packs, not Herds: A Conservative Take on 21st Century Scientific Progress
Science and innovation may be 'inevitable', but how we use it is not.
An End to Excellence? How Israeli High School Reform is Ruining Education
In his effort to promote 'meaningful learning', Education Minister Shai Piron is gutting academic excellence and concrete achievment.
We are all brothers: A new path for Israeli Christians
Father Gabriel Nadaf outlines a new path for Israeli Christians, one which embraces integration into Israeli society.
Packs, not herds: Compared to what? On the Industrial Revolution
In his inaugural blog post, Mida's English editor Avi Woolf takes on one of the great myths of history - the "intolerable conditions" of Industrial Revolution workers.
The new “treasure map” to Bedouin landholdings
Rabbis for human rights think they've found Zionist proof of Bedouin land holdings. The problem? It proves the exact opposite.
The Truth About Kosher (and non-Kosher) Animal Slaughter
Is shechita truly inhumane compared to other methods? Not necessarily.
Israeli Christians Protest European Hypocrisy
Israeli Christians took to the streets to protest European policy which attacks democratic Israel but ignores wholesale slaughter of Christians in the region.
“I believe the US administration was short sighted”: an interview with Dr. Tawfik Hamid
Dr. Tawfik Hamid, expert on Islamic radicalism, thinks that Barack Obama has done everything wrong when it comes to Egypt in the past three years.
Words of the Zionist Founders: Zalman David Levontin on Economics and Settlement
A founding father of Zionism takes aim at socialist methods of settlement of the country, calling them nothing more than begging by other means.
Nukes, Nooses, Sanctions and Bread: Everything’s Negotiable at the Iranian Bazaar
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is a master at manipulating and appeasing political factions in the country. The Iranian citizen is nothing more than a pawn in this complex game of chess.
From Utopianism to Realism: The Communist Kibbutznik Who Discovered Freedom
How does a long-time kibbutz member and one-time communist become a free-market advocate? Find out in this fascinating interview with Yehuda Harel, regular contributor to Mida.